首页英语词典underunder的意思

under

英 ['ʌndə] 美['ʌndɚ]

英英释义同义词辨析词组搭配考试真题实用场景例句

近义词lower below beneath

反义词

prep. 低于，少于；在...之下
adv. 在下面；在下方
adj. 下面的；从属的

基本词汇高频词CET6考研TEM4CET4

中文词源

under 在下面

来自PIE*ndher,在下面，来自PIE*ni的扩大格，词源同nether, beneath.其中*dher为PIE*ther,*ter的变体形式，印欧语比较级后缀，词源同farther, other, interior, ulterior.

英英释意

1. located below or beneath something else;: "nether garments"; "the under parts of a machine"

2. lower in rank, power, or authority;: "an under secretary"

英文词源

under: under: [OE] Under originated as a comparative form. It has been traced back to a prehistoric Indo-European *ndhero-, which meant ‘lower’, and is also the ultimate source of English inferior [15]. This passed into Germanic as *unther-, which has evolved into German unter, Dutch onder, and Swedish, Danish, and English under.
=> inferior
under (prep., adv.): Old English under (prep.) "beneath, among, before, in the presence of, in subjection to, under the rule of, by means of," also, as an adverb, "beneath, below, underneath," expressing position with reference to that which is above, from Proto-Germanic *under- (cognates: Old Frisian under, Dutch onder, Old High German untar, German unter, Old Norse undir, Gothic undar), from PIE *ndher- "under" (cognates: Sanskrit adhah "below;" Avestan athara- "lower;" Latin infernus "lower," infra "below").

Productive as a prefix in Old English, as in German and Scandinavian (often forming words modeled on Latin ones in sub-). Notion of "inferior in rank, position, etc." was present in Old English. With reference to standards, "less than in age, price, value," etc., late 14c. As an adjective, "lower in position; lower in rank or degree" from 13c. Also used in Old English as a preposition meaning "between, among," as still in under these circumstances, etc. (though this may be an entirely separate root; see understand).

Under the weather "indisposed" is from 1810. Under the table is from 1921 in the sense of "very drunk," 1940s in sense of "illegal." To get something under (one's) belt is from 1954; to keep something under (one's) hat "secret" is from 1885; to have something under (one's) nose "in plain sight" is from 1540s; to speak under (one's) breath "in a low voice" is attested from 1832. To be under (someone's) thumb "entirely controlled" (by that person) is recorded from 1754.

同义词辨析

below, beneath, under, underneath

这些前置词均可表示位置"在……下面"之意。

below：指位置低于某物或在某物下方，但不一定在正下方，所指范围较宽。

beneath：书面用词，指紧挨……之下，其反义词是on。

under：普通用词，与over相对，指在某物的正下方，含垂直在下的意思。

underneath：书面口语均用，也常与beneath和under换用，但更含遮蔽的意味。

考试真题

But current studies are beginning to place greater emphasis on the conditions under which we forget, as its importance begins to be more appreciated.

Under the law in Massachusetts, tobacco companies have to measure the nicotine content of every type of cigarette and report the results.

They are under growing pressure to balance their national budgets.

The average international runway model has a body mass index ( ' , BMI) under 16—low enough to indicate starvation by the World Health Organization's standard.

Snow White is available for everyone to use, but the dwarfs are still under copyright, so Cornetti invented sound-alike characters ( ' , Grumpy Gus, Dopey Dan) to illustrate specific pay roll law principles.

Nonetheless, the renewed focus on waistlines means that industry groups are under pressure to demonstrate their products are healthy as well as tasty.

It allows girls under 18 on the runway.

Agents and fashion houses who hire models with a BMI under 18 could pay $82,000 in fines and spend up to 6 months in jail.

What, then, are the effects of thinking about time in these different ways? Does one make us more productive? Better at the tasks at hand? Happier? In experiments conducted by Tamar Avnet and Anne-Laure Sellier, they had participants organize different activities—from project planning, holiday shopping, to yoga—by time or to-do list to measure how they performed under clock time vs task time.

The researchers argue that task-based organizing tends to be undervalued and under-supported in the business culture.

In the so-called effective schools, children are taught self-control under a set of strict rules.

Today, there is a serious question about this issue: Should there be a minimum age limit for executing criminals? In other words, is it right for convicted murderers who kill when they are minors—that is under the age of 18—to receive the death penalty?.

ConAgra’s Research and Development staff spent a year working under the instruction: whatever the cost, don’t sacrifice taste.

Under these circumstances, it's natural to look for what may appear to be the most "practical" way out of the problem "Major in a subject designed to get you a job" seems the obvious answer to some, though this ignores the fact that many disciplines in the humanities characterized as "soft" often, in fact, lead to employment and success in the long run.

If you ask American college women, they expect everything under the sun: in addition to being committed, partners have to be amusing, funny and a friend.

But the message that everyone must screen for cancer has become so deep-rooted that when health care experts recommended that women under 50 and over 74 stop screening for breast cancer, it caused a riotous reaction among doctors, patients and advocacy groups.

There is, in our view, no real dispute here, we are all seeking the same thing, which is schools that better serve our children and our nation by encouraging students to tackle tough subjects under the guidance of gifted teachers.

Anyone who has patted a dog, stroked a cat, sat under a tree with a pint of beer, given or received a bunch of flowers or chosen to walk through the park on a nice day, understands that.

Five ways to find harmony with the natural world Walk: Break the rhythm of permanently being under a roof

Sit under a tree, look at water, feel refreshed, ever so slightly renewed.

Place them under more personal care

Norms define how people " ought" to behave under particular circumstances in a particular society.

Just under 50% said they were interested in reading about their own culture in tradition.

A search is now under way to confirm the suspected existence of particles of matter that move at a speed greater than light, and therefore, might serve as our passports to the past.

I remember he was wearing a light shirt under the sweater.

One of the greatest heartbreaks for fire fighters occurs when they fail to rescue a child from a burning building because the child, frightened by smoke and noise, hides under a bed or in a closet and is later found dead

Imagine that someone in your neighborhood broke the law, and the judge put the whole neighborhood under suspicion.

"Snow White" is available for everyone to use, but the "dwarfs" are still under copyright, so Cornetti invented sound-alike characters Grumpy Gus, Dopey Da to illustrate specific pay roll law principles.

According to data released in January 2017, 56 percent of bills are paid online, which means that just under half of payments still rely on delivery services to be completed.

Agents and fashion houses who hire models with a Bmi under 18 could pay $82,000 in fines and spend up to 6 months in jail.

Aydin Municipality bought the plane from a private company for just under US100,000, but they hope to see a return on that investment through the tourism industry.

But the most cutting-edge tool under development is the "teachable agent" —a computerized character who learns, tries, makes mistakes and asks questions just like a real-world pupil.

ConAgra's Research and Development staff spent a year working under the instruction: whatever the cost, don't sacrifice taste.

Crews had the fire under control in about 45 minutes and managed to contain the fire to its point of origin.

For instance, highway overpasses had to be high enough to allow trailers carrying military missiles to pass under them.

French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte was known to be unimpressed by the declining taste of early 18th century cooking, but under pressure to entertain Paris' high society, he too called Careme to his kitchen at Tuileries Palace.

He was trapped under a beam about 10 feet below the surface for nearly an hour and a half.

In experiments conducted by Tamar Avnet and Anne- Laure Sellier, they had participants organize different activities — from project planning, holiday shopping, to yoga — by time or to-do list to measure how they performed under "clock time" vs "task time"

In other words, is it right for convicted murderers who kill when they are minors—that is under the age of 18—to receive the death penalty?

michigan's dominance in auto research and development is under attack from several states and countries which desire to replace our leadership in transportation.

New research has found deep water reserves under the state which could help solve their drought crisis.

Starting last Saturday, chains big enough to fall under the rule will face penalties of up to 2, 000 dollars for not showing calorie information in a prominent spot on their menus, preferably next to the price.

The average international runway model has a body mass index BMI under 16—low enough to indicate starvation by the World Health Organization's standard.

Under a voice-activated command, you say an address.

We are very proud of our accomplishments under the Greenlist system and we believe that we will prevail in these cases, Christopher Beard, director of public affairs for SC Johnson, said, while acknowledging that this has been an area that is difficult to navigate.

Manufacturers of products that claim to be environmentally friendly will face tighter rules on how they are advertised to consumers under changes proposed by the Federal Trade Commission.

Interactive television advertising has been under debate for the last decade or so.

You can see that we're here to stay, said Vladimir Cheberdak, 57, chief of the Bellingshausen Station, as he sipped tea under a portrait of Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen, a high-ranking officer in the Imperial Russian Navy who explored the Antarctic coast in 1820.

Yong Yu, a Chinese microbiologist, showed off the spacious building, with empty desks under an illustrated timeline detailing the rapid growth of China's Antarctic operations since the 1980s.

Higher education institutions are, under federal law, required to report graduation rates, but these reports typically only include Pell recipient number—not necessarily rates specific to first-generation students.

The thought is certainly enough to keep the pot boiling under parents like Meg, the lawyer-mom, as she tries to help her son choose an essay topic.

Newsweek ranked 165 countries, looking at five areas that affect women's lives; treatment under the law, workforce participation, political power, and access to education and health care

Inefficient harvesting, inadequate local transportation and poor infrastructure (基础设施)mean that produce is frequently handled inappropriately and stored under unsuitable farm site conditions.

Robots continue to have an impact on blue-collar jobs, and white-collar jobs are under attack by microprocessors," says economics professor Edward Learner.

Just a few decades ago, Asia's two giants were stagnating(停滞不前) under faulty economic ideologies.

This means, of course, that almost all of the books published in the 20th century are still under copyright – and the last century saw more books published than in all previous centuries combined.

It can include them in subscription deals sold to libraries or sell them individually under a consumer licence

Under the settlement, when no rights holders come forward and register their interest in a work, commercial control automatically reverts to Google.

Google will be able to display up to 20% of orphan works for free, include them in its subscription deals to libraries and sell them to individual buyers under the consumer licence

During the presidential campaign, Barack Obama assembled a racially and ideologically diverse coalition with his message of hope and change; as the reality of life under a new administration settles in, some of those supporters might become disillusioned.

Well, for three days, you would have to have it under the unlimited mileage conditions, which will work out cheaper for Manchester anyway.

Workers have the legal rights to refuse certain unsafe work assignments under two federal laws: the Occupational Safety and Health Act and the National Labor Relations Act.

For almost three months, seven Clarks lived under one roof

Growth of cultured meat is also under way in the Netherlands", Mironov told Reuters in an interview, "but in the United States, it is science in search of funding and demand.

"So here's the job opening, here's the job seeker, match them together under one roof," she says.

Both are similarly priced, and just under $40.

But a century later, her findings came under scientific criticism.

But a shorter working week would enable us to redistribute hours from the overworked to the under worked.

But even without gadgets that understand our spoken commands, research suggests that, as bizarre as it sounds, under certain circumstances, people regularly ascribe human traits to everyday objects.

But that isn't why the government—under pressure from cancer charities, health workers and the Labour party—has agreed to legislate for standardised packaging.

During months without water under a harsh sun, they wither, shrink and contract until they look like a pile of dead gray leaves.

higher education institutions are, under federal law, required to report graduation rates, but these reports typically only include Pell recipient number — not necessarily rates specific to first-generation students.

I could easily escape discomfort, temporarily, by answering email or browsing the web under the pretense of so-called research.

It is clear now that it's a matter of time before the entire European coastline disappears under water.

It was a symbolic act, indicating that under Grune's leadership, Reader's Digest was going to be different.

One was created in the Ross Sea in 2016, another reserve is being proposed in a vast area of the Weddell Sea, and a third sanctuary is under consideration in the area west of the Antarctic Peninsula—a key krill fishing area.

Robots are currently under a two-year trial in Wales which will train "farmbots" to herd, monitor the health of livestock, and make sure there is enough pasture for them to graze on.

Ruel says countries may take different approaches to reducing child under nutrition.

Scientists working under the banner "Project Neurice" are seeking varieties of rice that can with-stand the increasing salinity without losing the absorbency that makes European rice ideal for traditional Spanish and Italian dishes.

So senior managers enjoy their jobs more than people working under them.

The gas can be stored under pressure in a tank.

The results: Teens who played the Iowa Gambling Task under the eyes of fellow adolescents engaged in more exploratory behavior, learned faster from both positive and negative outcomes, and achieved better performance on the task than those who played in s

This is in comparison with a drop of just under 1% in the total yogurt and kefir market according to natural and organic market research company SpiNS.

This unique ecosystem may soon be under pressure.

Under the first law, a robot could not harm a dangerous gunman, but under the zeroth law, a robot could kill the gunman to save others.

Under this scheme, the number of individual working hours is reduced in an effort to avoid layoffs.

Yet on these and similar formations in deserts around the world, a few fierce plants have adapted to endure under ever-changing conditions.

You have to wait for the speaker to deliver quite a chunk of language before you then put it into the second language, which puts your short-term memory under intense stress.

According to a recent study, four out of ten people under 35 years old are planning to downshift from stressful jobs to a slower pace of life.

According to the author, fish are most likely to be found in shallow water under waterside trees.

After questioning 1, 000 mothers with children under 18, it found that , on most days, mums started their routine work at 7am and finished at around 11pm.

And you'd be working under Monica Stansfield, the department manager.

At last - she never knew how long it had taken her - she felt solid ground under her feet.

But he later said, "those two books were my companions by day, and under my pillow at night."

But it is useful to bear in mind that all such changes come from the technology and not some imagined desire by parents to keep their children under their wings.

By the time they started secondary school—at age 11—children were already far more aware of their image online and felt under huge pressure to ensure their posts were popular, the report found.

Empowerment and delegation mean new forms of management control to ensure that the overall business plan is being followed, and that operations become more profitable under the new organization, rather than less.

For a time, a few birds survived under human care.

For example, Russian, French, and Spanish persons may use silence to show agreement between parties about the topic under discussion.

However, our fascination with the latest, and our under valuation of what has already become common, can, and has, led us in all sorts of wrong directions.

If humans were truly at home under the light of the moon and stars,we would go in darkness happily,the midnight world as visible to us as it is to the vast number of nocturnal species on this planet.

If the answer to all those questions is yes, you had better control your stress, as you probably are under more stress than is good for you.

It ran for just under seven kilometers and allowed people to avoid terrible crowds on the roads above as they travelled to and from word.

It was under the apple tree in his backyard.

I've got a good horse under me.

Many of the images were stored in an ice chest, under freezing water, in the damaged wooden ship.

On the last day of our week-long stay, we were invited to attend a private concert on a beautiful farm on the north shore under the stars, listening to musicians and meeting interesting locals.

One more look and he noticed flames shooting out from under the disabled vehicle.

Rideout's team thinks that the California condors' average survival time in the wild is now just under eight years.

Someone had left a note under their door during the night.

The insects gather under the table.

The solar still works by creating a greenhouse under the plastic.

The steam-powered printing press was still in its early stages; the literacy rate in england was under 50%.

The under-estimation was systematic: when adding two numbers, the monkeys always paid attention to the larger of the two, and then added only a fraction of the smaller number to it.

Their users consist largely of kids under 20 years old.

They customers-some thirty Parisians who pay just under $2 plus drinks per session-care quick to intellectualize(高谈阔论), slow to open up and connect.

This is how much temperatures would rise by 2100 even if nations live up to the initial Paris promises to reduce carbon emissions; this rise could still put coastal cities under water and drive over half of all species to extinction.

Under such circumstances, smart firms need to find ways to let their employees have enough flexibility to manage their time efficiently.

Under the shade of a bush, I started to read about Amos.

Under vaillant, the researchers compared the men's mental-health scores with their boyhood-activity scores with their boyhood-activity scores.

Up to a certain point, the more stress you are under, the better your performance will be.

Up to two children under ago five may travel free with a paying customer.

When a leafy plant is under attack, it doesn't sit quietly.

When an individual ant comes under attack or is dying, it sends out an alarm pheromone to warn the colony to prepare for a conflict as a defense unit.

Even today, in our industrial life, apart from certain values of industriousness and thrift, the intellectual and emotional reaction of the forms of human association under which the world's work is carried on receives little attention as compared with physical output.

It is difficult to the point of impossibility for the average reader under the age of forty to imagine a time when high-quality arts criticism could be found in most big-city newspapers.

But many within the public sector suffer under the current system, too.

It is like the immune system of the body, which under stress or through lack of nutrition or exercise can be weakened, but which never leaves us.

Under the law, using a fashion model that does not meet a government-defined index of body mass could result in a $85,000 fine and six months in prison.

Under lobby pressure，George Osborne favours rural new-build against urban renovation and renewal.

A recent study attempts to separate them by looking at bribery prosecutions under America’s Foreign Corrupt Practices Act( ' , FCPA).

From then on his sketches ,which appeared under the pen name “Boz” in The Evening Chronicle, earned him a modest reputation.

But under anti-bribery laws, proof must be made of concrete benefits, such as approval of a contract or regulation.

By the date of his birth Europe was witnessing the passing of the religious drama, and the creation of new forms under the incentive of classical tragedy and comedy.

It Is against that background that the information commissioner, Elizabeth Denham, has issued her damning verdict against the Royal Free hospital trust under the NHS, which handed over to DeepMind the records of 1.

Denham chose to concentrate the blame on the NHS trust, since under existing law it.

"Hugging protects people who are under stress from the increased risk for colds that's usually associated with stress," notes Sheldon Cohen, a professor of psychology at Carnegie.

A recent study attempts to separate them by looking at bribery prosecutions under America's Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.

But under anti-bribery laws, proof must be made of concrete benefits, such as approval for a contract or regulation.

From then on his sketches,which appeared under the pen name "Boz" in The Evening Chronicle, earned him a modest reputation.

More than half of all British scientific research is now published under open access terms: either freely available from the moment of publication, or paywalled for a year or more so that the publishers can make a profit before being placed on general rel

New research on transportation biofuels is already under way.

Starting next year, any guaranteed bonus of top executives could be delayed 10 years if their banks are under investigation for wrongdoing.

States will be able to force more people to pay sales tax when they make online purchases under a Supreme Court decision Thursday that will leave shoppers with lighter wallets but is a big financial win for states.

That's about as effective as brushing dirt under a carpet and can even make us ill.

The apartments in the elegant towers mies built on Chicago's Lake Shore Drive, for example, were smaller-two-bedroom units under 1, 000 square feet-than those in their older neighbors along the city's Gold Coast.

The most likely reason for departing a board was age, so the researchers concentrated on those "surprise" disappearances by directors under the age of 70.

Under lobby pressure, George Osborne favours rural new-build against urban renovation and renewal.

Under the law, using a fashion model that does not meet a government-defined index of body mass could result in a $85, 000 fine and six months in prison.

Under the plan, for example, the agency said it would not prosecute landowners or businesses that unintentionally kill, harm, or disturb the bird, as long as they had signed a range-wide management plan to restore prairie chicken habitat.

Under the ruling Thursday, states can pass laws requiring out-of-state sellers to collect the state's sales tax from customers and send it to the state.

词组搭配

under way Dutch

having started and making progress

在进行中

out from under【非正式用语】

Having gotten free of worries or difficulties

免于忧虑或困难

Credit counseling helped us get out from under.
信用咨询使我们免除了忧虑

实用场景例句

Have you looked under the bed?: 你看了床底下没有？

She placed the ladder under (= just lower than) the window.: 她把梯子立在窗户下面。

The dog squeezed under the gate and ran into the road.: 狗从门底下钻出去，跑到大路上去了。

The boat lay under several feet of water.: 那条船沉在水下好几英尺处。

an annual income of under £10 000: 不到1万英镑的年收入

It took us under an hour.: 这事花了我们不到一小时。

They found a labyrinth of tunnels under the ground.: 他们发现了一处迷宫似的地道。

...swimming in the pool or lying under an umbrella...: 在泳池里游泳或躺在阳伞底下

They said he'd been held under the water and drowned...: 他们说他被按到水里淹死了。

Goldfish were swimming lazily in a group just under the surface.: 金鱼聚在一起贴着水面懒洋洋地游着。

He went under a brick arch...: 他穿过一个砖砌的拱门。

A river boat passed under the bridge.: 一条内河船从桥下经过。

I was wearing two sweaters under the green army jacket...: 我在绿军装里套了两件毛线衫。

He had no shirt on under his thin jumper...: 他在薄套头衫里面没有穿衬衣。

...fishermen whose livelihoods are under threat...: 生计受到威胁的渔夫

I'm rarely under pressure and my co-workers are always nice to me...: 我很少感受到压力，同事们一直对我很好。

His best friend was killed by police under extremely questionable circumstances...: 他最好的朋友在极其可疑的情况下被警察打死了。

Under normal conditions, only about 20 to 40 per cent of vitamin E is absorbed...: 正常情况下，仅有20%到40%的维生素E会被吸收。

Under law, your employer has the right to hire a temporary worker to replace you...: 根据法律规定，你的雇主有权雇用一名临时工来代替你。

We believe an offence was committed under EU regulations...: 我们认为根据欧盟有关规定已经构成了犯罪。

There would be no new taxes under his leadership.: 在他主政期间不会增加新税种。

...the realities of life under a brutal dictatorship...: 残暴的独裁统治下的生活现实

Kiefer was just one of the artists who had studied under Beuys in the early Sixties...: 基弗只是60年代早期师从博伊斯的艺术家之一。

General Lewis Hyde had served under General 'Billy' Mitchell...: 刘易斯·海德将军曾是“比利”·米切尔将军的部下。

Were any of your books published under the name Amanda Fairchild?...: 你们所出版的书里有署名为阿曼达·费尔柴尔德的吗？

The patient was registered under a false name.: 那位患者挂号时用了假名。

This study is described under 'General Diseases of the Eye'...: “普通眼科疾病”这一部分里对该项研究作了描述。

...a parental rights order under section 4 of the Family Law Reform Act...: 《家庭法改革法案》第4款中有关父母权利的规定

...jobs for those under 65...: 适合65岁以下人群从事的工作

Nearly half of mothers with children under five have a job...: 孩子不满5岁的妈妈中近一半有工作。

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